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What is Written on the Mezuzah?
The mezuzah, contains the following verses from the book of Deuteronomy which observant Jews write on a scroll and affix to the doorposts of their houses and rooms. The passages are: ^4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. ^5 Love the Lord your God with...
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Who Found the Temple Courts Inscription?
The Temple Courts Inscription, also known as the Temple Warning Inscription, is a block of limestone measuring 33.5 cm (13.19 inches) long, 22 cm (8.66 inches) high and 14.5 cm (5.7 inches) deep. It contains an inscription, seven complete lines of Greek writing, on...
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A Revolutionary Inscription From Tel Dan
The dream of every archaeologist is to find writing in the ancient debris of Biblical cities! It happens rarely, but the excavators of the Biblical city of Dan struck gold. Digging in the plaza outside the main gate of the ancient city, archaeologists found a...
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How Do We Know What Happened on Masada?
The fortress of Masada, the last place to fall to the Romans in the Great Revolt of Judea against Rome, was taken on Passover day of the year 73 AD. The defenders had decided that the last thing they could do on earth was to deny the Romans the pleasure of torturing...
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The Order of Books and Chapters in the Book of Psalms
The texts of the Psalms in the Dead Sea Scrolls were more or less the same as the texts we know today, but the order in which they were presented was different. In this exquisitely reproduced piece offered here by Biblical...
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A Song of Ascents: Spiritually?
A feeling of a spiritual ascent would be an acceptable explanation of ” a song of ascents,” the heading of Psalms 120-134. Jerusalem may not be the highest place in the country geographically, but it is indeed the place of the Temple of God, and therefore going to it...
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Archaeology is difficult and tedious work. The crews must go through ancient sites with exquisite care and patience. This makes for slow going. There is an occasional burst of excitement when a beautiful object—a pot or coin or piece of jewelry—is found. There is even...
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Genesis: In the Beginning…
We think we understand the Bible, but do we really? Take the first line of the first book; Genesis 1:1. The King James Version reads, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” Simple enough? But the matter is not so simple, because the original Hebrew,...
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